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News
April 4, 2013
A Gay Leader Emerges in the 'Hood
Deshawn Cole came out at Watts' Imperial Courts project, blazing an inner-city trail
Blogs
March 27, 2013
USC Expert David Cruz Predicts Prop. 8 Supreme Court Decision is Unlikely to Make History
Updated at the bottom: David Cruz provides new details of his views. First posted Tuesday afternoon. David Cruz, an expert on civil rights and constitutional law, made his way from USC to D.C. to observe the oral arguments on California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage this morning. In a packed ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2013
Proposition 8: Rob Reiner, Gavin Newsom, and Others React To U.S. Supreme Court Hearing
After the U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments yesterday about the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit, movie director and American Foundation for Equal Rights board member Rob Reiner, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and others weighed in about the historic proceeding. "This case has always ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2013
Why Los Angeles Deserves Major Credit for the National Gay Marriage Movement
When it comes to life-impacting stuff -- civil rights, political movements, or education reform, for example -- Los Angeles too often gets overlooked by snobby journalists and intellectual types in New York City and Washington D.C. Let's just admit it: They don't take L.A. seriously and they hate ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2013
Married Gay Men Live Longer, U.S. Supreme Court Should Read Danish Study
So apparently gay married guys live longer than unmarried or divorced men. That's what Danish researchers recently found after going through decades of statistics, and something conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas should consider when ruling i ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
Edward M. Davis: Late LAPD Chief's Anti-Gay Letter Circulates on Internet, Sparks Memories of 1976 Melrose Avenue Bathhouse Raid
A letter from anti-gay former LAPD Chief Ed Davis is circulating on Facebook, Twitter and Google showing Davis' harsh 1975 response to Sharon D. Cornelison, former president of the Christopher West Association. Davis' letter vividly depicts his staunch opposition to a proposal that LAPD support " ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
Obama Administration Weighs In On California Same-Sex Marriage Battle
The Obama administration today put its weight behind opponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage. The office of Attorney General Eric Holder filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, which could be weighing whether the Golden State's Proposition 8 is constitutional. In a statement ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2013
Kamala Harris Tells U.S. Supreme Court Proposition 8 Must Be Overturned
In the state of California, same-sex marriage is illegal. You, the voter, made the law against gay unions happen. (Good move, people). So, of course, as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the constitutionality of the matter, the state Attorney General's office is defending your will. Right? Oh hell no ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2013
Byron Adams, Bill Rosendahl, Stevie St. John and L.A. Gay Equality Warriors Stunned, Thrilled by Obama 2013 Inaugural Promise
From revered gay UC Riverside professor and brilliant classical composer Byron Adams to Spectrum L.A. gay blog editor Stevie St. John, prominent Los Angeles-area lifelong fighters for equality were stunned by President Obama's surprise inaugural promise to bring full, unprecedented human rights to g ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments on Proposition 8 in March
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments for the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit on Tuesday, March 26 -- followed up the next day with arguments on the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). So in a little over two months, the question of legalize ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2012
Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court Will Rule on California's Gay Marriage Ban
Update: Reactions quotes after the jump. The U.S. Supreme Court has announced today it will rule on the federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn California's gay marriage ban. In August 2010, Proposition 8 was found unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. That ruling was appealed and ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2012
UPDATE: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks California's Landmark Gay Conversion Therapy Ban
Update: Another federal judge in a different lawsuit over California's gay conversion therapy ban does not grant an injunction to block the law from taking effect. More after the jump. When California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the first ban on gay conversion therapy in the United States, ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2012
Same-Sex Marriage Could Return To California Under Supreme Court Decision Today
Today is the day that U.S. Supreme Court could take up the legality of same-sex marriage in California. Seems to us that folks who back equality in marriage would rather see the high court turn its back on California's Proposition 8, the initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage in the Golden Stat ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2012
Will Gay Voters Support Gay Republican Kevin James in 2013 Los Angeles Mayoral Run?
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Kevin James, a gay Republican, recently got a boost to his campaign when Republican political consultant Fred Davis created a "super PAC" to help James win. Davis plans to raise $3.5 million through a pro-James independent committee called Better Way L.A. Davis and oth ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2012
Human Rights Campaign: Los Angeles One of Top Gay-Friendly Cities in United States
Los Angeles gets mocked and dumped upon by all kinds of outside critics, but they can't say it isn't a great place to be gay. According to the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights organization based in Washington D.C., Los Angeles is one of the top 11 gay-friendly cities in the United Stat ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2012
2012 Election Results: Historic Night for Gay Issues and Candidates Across the United States
Four years ago, Senator Barack Obama won the presidency, but gay folks across the country were outraged that California voters approved Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ban. Last night, it was a completely different story -- and one of the most historic and significant nights for the LGBT comm ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2012
Shaun Kadlec Talks About Gay Underground in Cameroon and Filming 'Born This Way'
Living in gay-friendly Los Angeles, and an increasingly gay-friendly America, is a wonderful thing, but not all gays and lesbians are so lucky. Born This Way, a documentary by Los Angeles filmmakers Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullmann, focuses on the underground gay and lesbian community in Cameroon. Th ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2012
Gays Could Win Presidential Election for Barack Obama, Says Gallup Report
Guess ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and taking a strong pro-gay marriage stand could help President Barack Obama's re-election effort. According to the Gallup Report, with the presidential race running so tight, gays and lesbians overwhelming support for Obama could help him edge out Republican ca ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2012
SoCal's Own Chris Kluwe Fights for Marriage Equality -- And Against Bigotry in the NFL
Walking across the Macalester College campus, Chris Kluwe passes unnoticed. As usual, the 30-year-old Vikings punter is dressed down: a pair of brown flip-flops, black basketball shorts, and a baggy zip-up sweatshirt. A backward World of Warcraft hat pins back his shaggy brown surfer haircut, a give ... More >>
News
September 20, 2012
Gay Happiness, the New Frontier
Are mental and physical health problems really a reaction to bigotry?
Blogs
August 31, 2012
Institute of Medicine Says Link Between Coming Out and Good Mental Health is 'Unwarranted'
Last year, the Institute of Medicine published a landmark study titled "The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding." Many gay health experts hailed the report, but little notice was given to a finding in the "Early/Middle Adulthood" s ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Williams Institute Says Gays and Lesbians Still Vulnerable to Job Discrimination
In a new article for the Loyola Law Review, researchers at UCLA's Williams Institute, the premiere gay think tank in the United States, say that gay folks are still highly vulnerable in the workplace. "Well-researched and documented patterns of discrimination highlight the need... of a federal ban ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Organizer Vincent Jones Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'
'What does it mean to be gay?' A seemingly simple question, but one that's not often asked. With Los Angeles Gay Pride starting this Friday, various gay folks give us their answers in a weeklong series. Vincent Jones is a community organizer who shapes LGBT programs at the Liberty Hill Foundation, ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
L.A. Gay Pride 2012: Activist Michael Weinstein Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'
Los Angeles Gay Pride weekend is coming, and we thought it's a good time to ask, 'What does it mean to be gay?' In a weeklong series, different gay folks answer that question. AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein has been working on the front lines of the gay rights movement for d ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2012
Will There Be a World-Class Gay and Lesbian Museum in Los Angeles?
It's been a longtime dream of gay rights activist Ivy Bottini, who was profiled in the 2010 L.A. Weekly People issue, to build a world-class gay and lesbian museum in Los Angeles. Now she and a group called the Lavender Effect are putting things into motion to make that dream come true. Today, they ... More >>
News
May 31, 2012
Finally: Gay Bullying Gets Recognized as a Civil Rights Issue
It's been a longtime dream of gay rights activist Ivy Bottini, who was profiled in the 2010 L.A. Weekly People issue, to build a world-class gay and lesbian museum in Los Angeles. Now she and a group called the Lavender Effect are putting things into motion to make that dream come true. Today, they ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
Gay Republican Fred Karger Wants Your Vote, Calls Mitt Romney 'Mechanical'
Gay Republican Fred Karger, who's based in Southern California, has been stirring things up on the campaign trail this year, seeking the Republican nomination for president. The uber-underdog Karger is not going to get it -- candidate Mitt Romney will get the nod. But he's still on the ballot for Ca ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
Update: Defense of Marriage Act: Federal Appeals Court Says Anti-Gay Marriage Law is Unconstitutional
Update, 11:25 a.m.: California gay rights activists respond to DOMA ruling, after the jump. The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act has been found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court in Boston, Massachusetts. The U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in on the ruling. "Under current Supreme Court authorit ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
LAPD Officers Have Been Harassing Transgender People -- But They Promise to Stop
The bad news: A new report out of UCLA's Williams Institute reveals "high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women" by Los Angeles law enforcement, including the LAPD. The good news: In a meeting in West Hollywood last night, LAPD officials announced some new measures t ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Is Rick Santorum Gay? New Study Says Homophobes May Dig the Same Sex
Do you hate gays and lesbians with all your heart and soul? We've got news for you: a new scientific report says you may actually have same-sex desires yourself. Does this mean that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is gay? Hmmmmmm... Conducted by a research team from the University o ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Mission Nearly Accomplished for California's Gay Rights Movement?
Once full marriage equality is wrapped up in California, there's not much left for the gay rights movement to do in one of the most tolerant states in the nation, right? Wrong. "We're in a period of a different kind of activism," says Courage Campaign founder Rick Jacobs. "Things have advanced ... More >>
Stage
March 8, 2012
Dustin Lance Black's Play 8, Starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt
Clooney, Pitt, Kevin Bacon and Martin Sheen power a fundraiser reading
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Prop. 8 Ruling: Los Angeles, West Hollywood to Host Celebration Rallies Tonight
Surely you've heard the good news by now: Proposition 8 was just overturned by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. And, though the religious zealots at ProtectMarriage will inevitably appeal that decision, it's definitely time to take this Internet party to the streets. LGBT advocates and city o ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
Prop 8 Overturned? Nope: Year-Old HuffPost Article on California Gay Marriage Goes Viral
PHOTO BY TED SOQUIFrom our own West Hollywood slideshow on victory day 2010.Come on, guys -- this is how rumors get started! A Huffington Post article from August 2010 (and updated in May 2011) was littered all over Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and the rest of the Internet this morning. "Prop 8 ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
Los Feliz Residents Protest Lassen's Takeover of Nature Mart, Support for Prop 8
Los Feliz health food store Nature Mart officially closed in late October, replaced by Lassen's, a small, locally-based chain. Some residents are crying foul because the new owners supported Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative, and vowing to boycott the new incarnation of the Hill ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Fails to Gather Enough Signatures for Repeal of California Gay History Law
Gore Vidal"Stop SB 48," the group that sought to repeal a state law that allows California students to learn about important people in history who were gay, has officially announced that it has not gathered enough signatures from registered voters to place an initiative on the 2012 ballot. ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students To Know About James Baldwin, Walt Whitman and Cole Porter?
In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have made invaluable contributions to many different societies: from the father of computer science, Alan Turing, to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin to one of America's greatest poets, Walt Whitman. "If you are American," once wrote liter ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know About Alan Turing?
In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have made invaluable contributions to many different societies. One such person is Alan Turing, widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. "Everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a wo ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Lyralisa Stevens, Transgender Inmate Serving Time For SoCal Murder, Has no Right to Taxpayer-Funded Sex Change, Court Rules
Lyralisa Stevens.A transgender inmate behind bars for a Southern California murder doesn't have a right to a state-funded sex-change operation, California's First District Court of Appeal ruled this week. Lyralisa Stevens, serving 50-years to life for killing a roommate in a San Bernardino h ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal: West Hollywood Celebrates Gays Serving Openly in Military
Reilly T. BatesA celebration of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took place at West Hollywood Park on Tuesday night, in which some 100 people rejoiced over the end of the ban of gays and lesbians serving in the military. "I never thought I'd see this day," Tom Carpenter, board member o ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
SLDN's Aubrey Sarvis Talks About Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and HBO Documentary
Today, September 20, the repeal of the ban of gays and lesbians serving in the military, also known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," goes into full effect, with celebrations happening across the country, including in West Hollywood. HBO will also air the documentary The Strange History of Don't ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know about Edna St. Vincent Millay?
Edna St. Vincent MillayIn the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always made important contributions to many different societies. One such person is Edna St. Vincent Millay, the playwright, feminist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. At the time of her death in 1950, the New Y ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know About James Baldwin?
James BaldwinIn the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always made important contributions to many different societies. One such person is James Baldwin, the American novelist, essayist, and social critic. ''I would place him very high among writers,'' Benjamin DeMott, professor o ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know about South African Simon Nkoli?
South African activist Simon NkoliIn the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always contributed to advances in many different societies. One such person is Simon Nkoli, the anti-apartheid, gay rights, and AIDS activist in South Africa. "Nkoli's brilliance, as an anti-aparthei ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Stop SB 48 Campaign Seeks to Repeal California's Gay History Law
Gay Californians and their straight allies may soon have to fight off another ballot measure. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a state bill into law that ensures that the contributions of gays and gay rights are included in school textbooks. A group called Stop SB 48 now wants to repeal ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Did TOMS' Blake Mycoskie Really Not Know About Anti-Gay Focus on the Family?
Blake MycoskieBlake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, landed in a heap of trouble when news broke on Friday that he spoke at a June 30 Focus on the Family event in Orange County. Focus on the Family's longtime anti-gay agenda is ugly and widely known. Soulforce, the gay rights organization ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2011
New York Legalizes Gay Marriage, LGBT Activists in California Respond
On Friday night, June 24, the New York State Senate passed a bill that legalizes gay marriage in the Empire State. Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly signed it into law, which will go into effect in 30 days. LGBT activists in California and elsewhere quickly responded to the news. "We are beginn ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Equality California Seeking Relevance With Prospect of Pro-Gay Marriage Ballot Measure?
And so Equality California leaders came to West Hollywood yesterday, holding one of their town hall meetings to understand if ordinary gays and lesbians in California want to go back to the voting booth with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure in 2012. There are many critics of such an expens ... More >>
LA Life
May 19, 2011
Dustin Lance Black: Black & Proud
And so Equality California leaders came to West Hollywood yesterday, holding one of their town hall meetings to understand if ordinary gays and lesbians in California want to go back to the voting booth with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure in 2012. There are many critics of such an expens ... More >>
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